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[Objective] Water and nutrients combine to mediate crop acquisition of resources from soil. This paper studies the integrated effect of irrigation and fertilization on yield and fruit quality, as well as water use efficiency of substrate-cultured tomato. [Method] The experiment was conducted in a solar greenhouse at Hexi in northwestern China. The substrates used in the experiment comprised 50% of corn straw, 30% of slag, and 20% of cow dung and biological microbes. There were four irrigation-fertigation treatments: N 615 kg/hm², P2O5 315 kg/hm², K2O 750 kg/hm², and irrigation 6 000 m³/hm² (T0, used by local farmers); N 435 kg/hm², P2O5 150 kg/hm², K2O 600 kg/hm², and irrigation 4 500 m³/hm² (T1); reducing the irrigation and fertilization in T0 by 10% (T2), reducing the irrigation and fertilization in T1 by 10% (T3). For each treatment, we measured fruit yield and quality, and its water use efficiency. [Result] Irrigation and fertilization affected fruit yield and quality, and the water-fertilizer utilization efficiency significantly. The biomass, oxidase activity, proline, quality indexes, yield, and water -fertilizer utilization efficiency of the crop were the highest in T3, least in T0, with T1 and T2 between. T3 gave the highest commercial-standard tomato fruits (87%) and best fruit flavor, with the ratio of soluble sugar to organic acids being 5.13. Compared to T0, other treatments increased the fruit yield by 3.6% to 27.8%. T3 gave the highest yield (152 489.25 kg/hm²), the highest irrigation water use efficiency and partial fertilizer productivity, which were 30.8 kg/m³ and 116.9 kg/kg, respectively. [Conclusion] Irrigating 4 950 m³/hm² of water coupled with fertilizing 480 kg/hm² N, 165 kg/hm² P2O5 and 660 kg/hm² K2O was optimal to improve growth, fruit yield and quality, and water-fertilizer use efficiency of the substrate-cultured tomato grown in solar greenhouses in the arid areas in Hexi, northwestern China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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(Objective) Aggregation is an important soil health indicator modulating many soil functions including nutrient bioavailability and carbon sequestration. It is affected by a multitude of factors. The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of irrigation and nitrogen fertilization on soil aggregation and soil organic carbon. (Method) The experiment was conducted in a winter wheat field. It consisted of two nitrogen applications: 0 (N0) and 180 kg/hm2 (N180), two irrigation treatments: sufficient irrigation (F) and deficit irrigation using 65% of the water in F. In each treatments, we measured water-stable aggregates and soil organic carbon.(Result) 1 Deficit irrigation coupled with nitrogen fertilization increased water-stable macroaggregates with diameter ≥0.25 mm. Nitrogen fertilization increased organic carbon in the top 0~30 cm soil layer by more than 3.59% when irrigation was the same, while deficit irrigation increased organic carbon in the same soil layer by more than 2.86% when nitrogen fertilization was the same. 2 Soil moisture directly affected soil carbon, explaining 83.9% of the change in total organic carbon, while nitrogen indirectly affected soil carbon, explaining 46.89% of change in the total organic carbon. 3 The direct impact of water-stable aggregates on soil carbon was negative, while its direct influence was positive.(Conclusion) The effect of nitrogen fertilization on soil aggregation was modulated by irrigation. Nitrogen fertilization combined with deficient irrigation boosted carbon accumulation in the topsoil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In order to explore the responses of growth, photosynthetic characteristics and nutrient accumulation of Cunninghamia lanceolata container seedlings to different amounts of slow-release fertilizer application. In this paper, the effects of different amounts of slow-release fertilizer application treatments(0, 200, 400, 800, 1 000 and 1 200 g·m-3)on the growth of seedlings height, ground diameters, biomass, photosynthetic pigment content, chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics and nutrient content of C. lanceolata seedlings were investigated. Moreover, subordinate function value method was also employed to comprehensive evaluate the growth and physiology indexes of seedlings under different fertilization treatments, and screening suitable slow-release fertilizer levels for the growth of C. lanceolata seedlings, which providing reference for the efficiency cultivation of high quality C. lanceolata seedlings. The results were as follows:(1)Compared with the control, the slow-release fertilizer application could promote the growth of seedling height, ground diameter and the accumulation of total biomass of C. lanceolata seedlings to varying degrees.(2)The slow-release fertilizer treatments could significantly increase the contents of chlorophyll and carotenoid in leaves of C. lanceolata as compared with control. In addition, slow-release fertilizer treatments also increased the values of maximum fluorescence(Fm), variable fluorescence(Fv), maximum photochemical efficiency of PS Ⅱ(Fv/Fm), potential photochemical efficiency of PS Ⅱ(Fv/Fo)and actual quantum yield(QY)to varying degrees when compared with control.(3)The slow-release fertilizer treatments could promote the nutrient accumulation in seedlings of C. lanceolata to varying degrees, among which the contents of Mn, Fe and Zn were found to be changed most significantly.(4)The results of subordinate function value method showed that when the amount of slow-release fertilizer application was 1 000 g·m-3, its membership value was the largest, which indicated that the comprehensive growth of seedlings under this treatment was the best. In conclusion, the amount of 1 000 g·m-3 slow-release fertilizer application is the most suitable treatment for the cultivation of high quality seedlings of C. lanceolata in the present study, under this treatment, the growth of C. lanceolata seedlings can be improved by increasing the accumulation of nutrient elements closely related to photosynthesis, thus increasing the contents of photosynthetic pigment in leaves, which in turn enhance the PS Ⅱ photosynthetic efficiency and electron transfer rate, further enhance the efficiency of light energy capture and utilization of leaves, and ultimately improve seedling growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Angiopteris esculenta is one of the most important wild substitute plant for staple food in Dulong's communities(the least populated ethnic group in Yunnan Province, China)for centuries. The Dulong people collect the underground parts of A. esculenta to extract flour and make it into food. In order to study and record the traditional knowledge of Angiopteris esculenta, ethnobotanical methods were employed to investigate and document the traditional knowledge about A. esculenta, and approaches of food science were used to reveal the basic components, morphology, physicochemical properties, and gelatinization characteristics of A. esculenta flour in the present paper. The results were as follows:(1) A. esculenta was a multipurpose plant in the traditional livelihood of Dulong people. Local people employed this plant for edible, medicinal, ornamental purpose and woody purposes. Quantitative analysis showed that the relative frequency of citation(RFC)of the edibleness was much higher than that of other uses, indicating that it was mainly used as staple food.(2)The traditional uses of fern flour extracted from the underground part of A. esculenta imply rationality. There was high starch content in the flour, and the total starch content was 86.2%, and A. esculenta flour contained various mineral elements necessary for human body.(3)The flour had good physicochemical properties, among which the retrogradation and freeze-thaw stability were strong, which could be used in the production and process of frozen food and starch products. The regeneration value and attenuation value of starch were much lower than that of common starch, which indicated that it had good stability of hot paste and cold paste, and not easy to regenerate, thus imply the good processability in food industry. In conclusion, A. esculenta flour has a good potential for utilization and further development. It is expected to play a positive role for increasing local residents' income and for rural revitalization in remote areas, through the approaches of artificial cultivation. The research results provide a theoretical basis for the subsequent processing and utilization of A. esculenta. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and objective: Hainan province is a pepper base in China and its traditional production uses furrow fertigation, resulting in not only water and fertilizer waste but also nutrient leaching and contaminating the environment. The purpose of this paper is to explore suitable irrigation and fertilization methods to improve water and fertilizer use efficiency without compromising pepper yield. Method The experiment was conducted in field plots with four different irrigation - fertilization combinations: furrow irrigation without fertilization (CK), furrow irrigation with fertilization of 470.70 kg/hm2 of N + 511.22 kg/hm2 of P2O5 + 526.39 kg/hm2 of K2O (F1), furrow irrigation with fertilization of 376.55 kg/hm2 of N + 314.83 kg/hm2 of P2O5 + 526.39 kg/hm2 of K2O (F2), mulched micro-spray with fertilization of 376.55 kg/hm2 of N + 314.83 kg/hm2 of P2O5 + 526.39 kg/hm2 of K2O. In each treatment, we measured yield and fruit quality, photosynthesis, root growth, nutrient accumulation and nutrient distribution in soil, as well as water and fertilizer use efficiency. Result When N and P were initially high in the soil, F1 and F2 did not show significant difference in their yield, fruit quality, root growth, photosynthesis and accumulation of N, P and K in the plant. In contrast, F3 increased the yield, transpiration, root length, root surface area, root volume, accumulation of N, P and K by 8.03%, 16.91%, 60.69%, 43.00%, 40.37%, 19.30%, 14.19% and 14.61%, respectively, compared to F2; it also showed significant differences in fruit quality, net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance and intercellular CO2 concentration from F2. Compared with F1, F2 reduced the contents of total N, ammonium N, total P and available P in the 0-20 cm and 20-40 cm of soil after the harvest, reduced the apparent surplus N and P, and improved the partial productivity of N and P fertilizers. Compared with F2, F3 increased the contents of total N, nitrate N, ammonium N, total P and available P in the 0-20 cm of soil, reduced the apparent surplus N and P, and improved the production rate of the irrigation water.Conclusion For all treatments we compared, mulched micro-spray irrigation with reduced fertilization (F3) improved yield, water and fertilizer use efficiency of the pepper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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